Editorial Workshop I: Introduction to Copyediting
X405 (2 semester units in Journalism)
A requirement in the Professional Sequence in EditingIntended for those who have completed Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage for Editors, this beginning copyediting course presents an overview of the editorial process and the basic tools and tasks of copyeditors, including the use of style manuals and reference books, creation of style sheets, and methods of querying authors and project editors. Students learn how to edit using conventional marks and symbols, apply the appropriate level of copyediting, eliminate bias, query permissions, ensure consistency, typecode a manuscript, and copyedit and insert figures, tables, and artwork. Enrollment is limited.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or higher in Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage for Editors X445 (formerly Practical Grammar for Writers and Editors X445) or equivalent course and consent of instructor.
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and to enroll.
Tues. May 20, Online
KATHLEEN CUBLEY, B.A., has been in the publishing world for more than 14 years, and is the director of editorial and production for The Mountaineers Books. She began her career as a copy editor for the student newspaper at Washington State University, and after graduation, became an editorial assistant at the educational publisher Totline Publications, now a part of McGraw-Hill. At Totline she moved through the editorial department, with stops as a magazine article editor, book editor, writer, and finally managing editor. After nine years at Totline, Cubley moved on to managing editor at The Mountaineers Books, where she worked with authors, editors, and proofreaders to shepherd projects from manuscript to bound book. Currently, she oversees the editorial and production staff and manages the printing at The Mountaineers Books. Her experience includes writing books, magazine articles, and brochures; editing; project management; training freelancers in copy editing and proofreading methods; teaching at the University of Washington Extension in the editing program; and mentoring beginning editors and project managers. She has also run her own freelance editorial services business.
- Online course: Internet access required
- May 20 to Aug. 12
- $575 (EDP 844118)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Edition: 11th
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 0877798095
AND
The Chicago Manual of Style
Author: University of Chicago Press Staff, eds.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Edition: 15th
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 0226104036
AND
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
Author: Amy Einsohn
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: 2nd
Publication Year: 2005
ISBN: 0520246888
Tues. June 10, San Francisco
INSTRUCTOR TO BE ANNOUNCED Revised class schedule in red.
- 10 meetings
- June 10 to Aug. 26: Tues., 6:30-9:30 pm (no meetings July 8 and July 15)
- San Francisco: Room 811, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $525 (EDP 014696)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
Author: Norm Goldstein, ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Year: 2004
ISBN: 0465004881
AND
The Chicago Manual of Style
Author: University of Chicago Press Staff, eds.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Edition: 15th
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 0226104036
AND
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
Author: Amy Einsohn
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: 2nd
Publication Year: 2005
ISBN: 9780520246881
Sections closed for enrollment
Sat. Feb. 23, San Francisco
VICI CASANA, M.A., has worked as a freelance copyeditor and developmental editor for 14 years, primarily for Houghton Mifflin Co. She was previously an instructor at Northeastern University, where she taught writing and literature courses and developed and taught Grammar for Journalists, the prerequisite for newswriting courses. She has also worked as a proofreader, indexer, and newspaper reporter. She recently wrote the exercise manual for The College Writer's Handbook and is currently writing a grammar handbook.Revised class schedule in red.
- 10 meetings
- Feb. 23 to April 26: Sat., 10 am-1 pm; also
April 19: Sat., 11 am-12:30 pm
April 19: Sat., 1:30-3:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 205, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $525 (EDP 013268)
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.